In one of the tutorial (CreateWindows Service in C#) I explained how to created windows service along with the steps for creating a setup project to install/uninstall the service. But it's not that you always need to create a setup project to install/uninstall the service.This can be easily achieved using the InstallUtil command.

 

When using this command installation is done in a transactioned way: i.e. if any one of the assembly fail to install, installations of all the assemblies will be rolled back. Uninstall is not transactioned.

 

Steps: 1 Open the command prompt(make sure to Run as Administrator if using Vista or any other newer version Windows[Always run application as Administrator]) and traverse to the path

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319

Note: Chose the.NET framework you are using(I am using .NET framework 4.0 as depicted by v4.0.30319).

 

Skip step 1 if using the visual studio command prompt

 

Step: 2 Run the installutil command without any switch.

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319>InstallUtil "ServiceName"

 

Step: 3 Navigate to Services using (run -> services.msc), search for your service and start it.

 

Again to uninstall the service, using the command mentioned in step 2 with /u switch.

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319>InstallUtil /u "ServiceName"

 

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